Frame by Frame – Iron Man (2008)

Frame By Frame

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Year – 2008
Decade – 2000s
Cinematographer – Matthew Libatique (imdb link)
Director – Jon Favreau
Aspect Ratio – 2.40
Distributor – Paramount; Marvel
Genre – Action; Super Hero
Cameras – Panaflex Millennium; Millennium XL; PanArri 235
Lenses (spherical) – Panavision Primos, Angenieux Optimo zooms (17-80mm T2.2 and 24-290mm T2.8), and Cooke CXX 15-40mm T2 zoom
Format –  35mm; Super 35
Film Stocks – Kodak Vision2 200T 5217, Kodak Vision2 500T 5218; Printed on Kodak Vision 2383
Production schedule – 96 days
Additional Reading – May 2008 issue of American Cinematographer magazine

Categories – Inserts; Mixed Color Temperatures; Two Shots; Eye Lights; Close-ups; Full Shots; Foreground/Background; Reflections; Frames Within a Frame; Color – Red

The Movie
A hedonistic arms dealer (Robert Downey Jr.) develops a conscience – and an impenetrable flying suit powered by a fusion reactor – in this Iron Man origin story that served as the launching pad for Marvel’s interconnected 22-film series dubbed the “Infinity Saga.”

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Frames

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Annotated Frames

Click on the shots below for “making of” notes from Iron Man.

Sources
May 2008 issue of American Cinematographer magazine
Super Hero Hype
Rotten Tomatoes

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Concept Art

By Phil Saunders, a frequent Marvel collaborator who also worked on Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain American:Civil War, and all four Avengers films.

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